PHOTO DATED 1984 BUT COULD BE EARLIER. GEORGE STRAIT. Texas swing music and GEORGE STRAIT go hand in hand when he returns for an encore performance on ``AUSTIN CITY LIMITS.'' This modern-day cowboy plays the special brand of Texas swing that has carried him to the top with such hits as "Unwound," "Right or Wrong" and his most recent chart-topper, "You Look So Good In Love." HOUCHRON CAPTION (02/10/2002): George Strait, seen here on March 20, 1984, has been a traditional favorite of rodeo crowds, setting concert-attendance records through the mid-'90s. less

PHOTO DATED 1984 BUT COULD BE EARLIER. GEORGE STRAIT. Texas swing music and GEORGE STRAIT go hand in hand when he returns for an encore performance on ``AUSTIN CITY LIMITS.'' This modern-day cowboy plays ... more

Terri Hawthorne, 20-year-old rodeo rider from Vidor, attended George Strait's sell-out concert Thursday, February 22, 1990, at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and got to meet the star. Hawthorne spent weeks looking at Strait's blown-up image while recovering from surgery in which her severed arm was reattached to her body. The devoted fan had seen Strait perform seven times before that foggy Dec. 30, 1989 morning when she lost her arm in a wreck that totaled her truck. less

Terri Hawthorne, 20-year-old rodeo rider from Vidor, attended George Strait's sell-out concert Thursday, February 22, 1990, at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and got to meet the star. Hawthorne spent ... more

Texas swing music and GEORGE STRAIT go hand in hand when he returns for an encore performance on ``AUSTIN CITY LIMITS.'' This modern-day cowboy plays the special brand of Texas swing that has carried him to the top with such hits as "Unwound," "Right or Wrong" and his most recent chart-topper, "You Look So Good In Love." less

Texas swing music and GEORGE STRAIT go hand in hand when he returns for an encore performance on ``AUSTIN CITY LIMITS.'' This modern-day cowboy plays the special brand of Texas swing that has carried him to ... more

Texas swing music and GEORGE STRAIT go hand in hand when he returns... Photo-4647154.62678 - Houston Chronicle

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Pure Country - George Strait

Pure Country - George Strait

Pure Country - George Strait Photo-4647155.62678 - Houston Chronicle

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Strait George

Strait George

Strait George Photo-4647157.62678 - Houston Chronicle

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George Strait circa 1980

George Strait circa 1980

George Strait circa 1980 Photo-4647158.62678 - Houston Chronicle

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George Strait performs at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo in the Houston Astrodome in 1996.

George Strait performs at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo in the Houston Astrodome in 1996.